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The Netherlands Veterinary Medicines Institute (SDa) is an independent agency established in 2010 to promote responsible drug use in Dutch animal husbandries in general and especially usage of antibiotics.

Available now: SDa-report ‘Usage of antibiotics in agricultural livestock in the Netherlands in 2017’

The Netherlands Veterinary Medicines Institute (SDa) presents its report ‘Usage of Antibiotics in Agricultural Livestock in the Netherlands in 2017 – Trends, benchmarking of livestock farms and veterinarians’ in English, after this report was published in Dutch in June 2018. With this report, the SDa wants to provide insight into the amounts of antibiotics used in the Dutch veal, broiler, turkey, cattle, pig and rabbit farming sectors in 2017.